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Added an illustrated book jacket summary (from the book's front matter), including the Ttable of Contents and author biographies for The Pacific Historian, The World of John Muir (Stockton: Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies,
University of the Pacific,
1981).

2013 May 9

Added SAVE THE DATE -
John Muir Symposium
March 21-22, 2014:
Join the University of the Pacific's John Muir Center on the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite
Grant, the 100th anniversary of Muir’s death and the extinctiono of the Passenger Pigeon, and
the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wilderness
Act to revisit John Muir’s life and legacy. University
of the Pacific will host the 60th California
History Institute on its Stockton campus from
Friday, March 21, through Saturday, March 22, 2014.
Expect to hear papers by new Muir scholars currently
working Muir’s legacy, as well as
several familiar names who have become regulars at
Muir symposia. Plenary sessions and keynotes will
be given by three scholars now living in the U. K.:
Terry Gifford, Graham White and Andrea Wulf.
A special exhibit on the history of the Muir Papers
and their present locations is planned, as well as
coordinated field trips before and after the symposium.
If interested in presenting or attending the
conference, please contact : wswagerty@pacific.edu

Added April 8, 2013 - Digitizing Two Homes of John Muir - A PROJECT has been launched to document in three-dimensional digital format Scottish conservationist John Muir's homes.

April 3 - June 3, 2013 - John Muir Exhibit at Federal Hall, NYC - As part of Scotland Tartan Week 2013,the American Scottish Foundation is hosting a photographic exhibition "In The Footsteps of John Muir" by renowned Scottish photographer Ken Paterson. The exhibit traces Muir's early days in Dunbar, Scotland to his love of Yosemite, allowing one to see the enviroment Muir loved and did so much to help preserve. The exhibit, part of Scotland Tartan Week 2013, the Year of Natural Scotland, also celebrates the 175th Anniversary of the birth of John Muir on April 21, and Earth Day on April 22. In honor of Earth Week (April 21-25), Federal Hall will be showing the documentary film "John Muir In The New World" - honoring too John Muir's birthday. Presented in conjunction with the National Park Service, the exhibit will be on display in the Lower Rotunda through June 3, 2013. Visit photographer Ken Paterson's website to view images from the exhibit and his "John Muir Photographic Expedition."

Riverside Metropolitan Museum

â€œJohn Muir and the Personal Experience of Natureâ€ exhibit at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum focuses on Muir's contributions as a scientist â€” mainly as a botanist â€” but also examines natureâ€™s role in individualsâ€™ lives and the history of the United States, reminding visitors that nature is everywhere.

The exhibition is comprised of the traveling exhibition, â€œNatureâ€™s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muirâ€™s Botanical Legacyâ€ by Exhibit Envoy; objects and specimens from Riverside Metropolitanâ€™s collection and Smithsonianâ€™s National Herbarium; and images and resources from the Holt-Atherton Special Collections (University of the Pacific); the Local History collection of the Riverside Public Library; the UC Riverside Department of Biology; and California Museum of Photography.

2012 November 2

Added link to John Muir Geotourism Center - Based in Coulterville, California, exploring, learning, sharing, and preserving the natural environment for mental, spiritual and physical development, as exemplified in John Muir's life.

2011 April 23

Restored missing sections from this page, including John Muir Reminiscences
By Those Who Knew Him, Modern Essays About John Muir, Conservation Legacy,
Muir's Philosophy, Articles from Other Sources, Digital Books or Book Chapters
on John Muir, and Other Resources.

Added quote from documentary film-maker Ken Burns "As we got to
know him... he [John Muir] ascended to the pantheon of the highest individuals
in our country; I'm talking about the level of Abraham Lincoln, and Martin
Luther King, and Thomas Jefferson, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jackie Robinson
-- people who have had a transformational effect on who we are."

2011 February 10

Sierra Club Associate Webmaster Adam Kapp completes conversion of web pages
of John Muir Exhibit to the new more colorful and usable graphic design using
.aspx - thus making the site look much better and removing the problematic
frames used on the site forever!

Updated listing and links for the Montello Historical Society Year of John
Muir in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Added description and links for forthcoming publication of My First
Summer in the Sierra: 100th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American
Classic by
John Muir with Photographs
by Scot Miller, Foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.